The Sun. — London, England, 1810-08-10 00:00:00

••,ne United States Gf America'. Tice revolt .of 'lo *tog. gave the.4econd• example,. The bl:)ody intii,zues of the English Ministry in Spain may lead , ' to the Ind. pendence of the Spanish colonies; and th;s rcvOlution, in which it • absurdly seems to re.... joire, advanccs the epoch of that wloch must iuevi 'ably ettect, in both hemispheres—the independence ttt colOnivs powerful etwugh to defend themselves, and rich ennuy,h to subsist Upon their awn resources.' The English Ministry,,, blinded by ambition,• ha tred, and ctpidity, has, 16ng btore-harid, been Ke paritig those calamities which' will prove fatal to England alone. The French EnCpite, where the revel ue, the expenditure, the immense popula-' lion, and the. mi litary establishment, are so cont pirtely brmonizedo &quires, in, reality, nothing but a tree commerce, hi order to avail herself of all the we'll!) of the universe. Her industry, and the sur- - plus 61 her territorial produce, will procure for her all the eujoyments of Asiatic -luxury, at ,a smaller eXpence than the establishment of distant colo- .. • . . . _ 4( E,,gland; on the contrary, cannot behold this 1 revolution without si n mg i n t o a pol,ver.of the third order. In vain wool she pretend to engross the commerce of the whole 'world* by the superiority Of . , her navy. This,' superiority, as we. have .already observed, may' be disputed with-her. . Besides,.she ' eaerly clings to the, e xtent of . h er. colonial posseS sions, which she must defend. In the event of a - general separation of the _great colonies,,froni their mother countries; they Will desire commercial indd- ' pendetice, after 'estattlishing political‘ independence. England mill then have to maintain ) , in 311 partk. of the woild,l'ittai contest which has been protra6ted, for these la., three ye6rs, with the United ,States. ' The terms of ,the contest may vary, but the substance will "remain the same; and its inevitable result niust, be the abolition of the Odious laWs which Glrat Britain wishes to' impose upon the rest of the World. • ".While this grand epoch is in train; a change, fatal to the - inte►est of &gland, is operating in the commeice or Europe. Thq continental comtnuoi... . . cations of one St a t e w ith- anot h er ate brginning to be cartied on with more regularity ; their industry is improving; their agriculture makes remarkable progress. . The impolitic war in which Thrice) , has been involved, retards the epoch when new routes will be o t cited to European commerce into the very heart of Asia. But whatever be the issue of this struggle, Constantinople mist be the rampart' of the continental s} stem. 'Great rivers form a conveyance front the extremities of. Europe:to the,: very foot of its walls; a land=locked sea carries its vessels to the centre of Asia ; and against such advantages the English Navy will .be absolutely inefficient. Con stantinople is the terror of the British commerce.— Hence the Ministry has always endeavoured to keep that Power in ignorance of her means, or to make her miSapply.them4 But the revolution which must occur in ihjcoinmerce of the world is approaching, and that revolution will reduce England to her pro per station, if some catastiophe do not precipitate her ruin in a more violent limner." [FROM THE 310NITEUR.] CILIDA)D lionritco.77-ALmgrnA.---:-On the sth the 'Mai-oral Prince of E.islipg sent a party of 800 horse to drive m all..the English posts which were before hid, and to'reconnoitre the position of the En g lish army. These posts all fell back, a”.l utsly a few Skil mislhes took place. The enemy had his left wing 'supy:orted by Fort Conception, and his line extended alot.ig_ the rugged mountain which lOoks towards Almeida. On observing our recon noitritig party, he dreW out eleven; battalions, eight squadrow , , and seven pieces of cannon. The ac counts of the peasants make the enemy's army to be withdrawing beyond the frontiers of Portugal, that the English left the defence of Almeida to the Portugue , e, and that Lord Wellington had placed ttib Spaniards On his flanks and in his front. Parties have been sent to reconnoitre the English army. The 3d company of grenadiers of the•. , .. - ).cd regulars, which was sent to support one . of these parties, was surrounded on leaving a village, by a party' of 400 English horse. Captain Gouache im mediately formed his company into a square, re ceived three successive discharges from all .the ca valry, and killed 24 men and 20 horses belonging to. the enemy, who then left him without any of his grenadiers having even been wounded. The sabres of the enemy were all warded off by the bayonets or muskets. Captain Gouache and Serjtant Patris Were particularly distinguished in this attion by their preserice.ot mind and bravery. Ciudad Rodrigo is putting in a. state of defence; ,and preparations are making for speedily undertaking the siege of Almeida. • ASTCRIAS:—BiscAY.The English had embaik ed,i 'on beard-One of their light squadrons, tWo or three thottsand robbers from the Asturias and'Galli: cia, for the purpose of making landings on the coat of Biscay, in concert with .sarne detachments of their troops. They were successively put on shore at San tona' and Bermee, where the sigilapce and aaivity of the French Commanders did not ;giVe them time to aa: They nevertheless succeeded .in destroying two or three small batteries, and in car, ruing oft' some fishing-boats. To such aleat *as. confined that expedition from which the greatest re- sults, were expected. - They found every point so w ell - guaided, that they could not even send on shore arms, ammunition, and...,clothing, whi c h h a d : been demanded by s e vera l Chiefs of bands. They expected that their appearance on 'this coast would have occasioned an insurre&ion, but they were once more mistaken ; their landings did not prOduce the sinal;eNt degree of; sensation :• on the contrary, the inhabitants of Biscay observed, with contempt, the employment of such wretched means; this was also a pew proof for them of the absolute i m p o t enc y o f the insurgents and their allie s to Undertake any thing serious against the points which are occupied by our troops. , . MAILS. a RIVZ-t Dublin, 2 Waterford. Dut—x Cadiz. PRICE OF *STOCKS THIS DAY AT TiVtLVE O'CLOCK. 4:14:1501% 63 '1 69 Red. Ann. . THE SUN. 80LEM QUIS DICZRZ,FXLSUM AtILIZAT? L 0 N D 0 A' . FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, IRIO, In the Moniteurof the ad inst. from whict. we have made .some ExtraBs, there ate some observa tions upo,n .the Expedition lately undertaken iabng the Northern Coast of :Spain, which BUONAPARTE endeaVours to represent as having totally failed is its object. It is, however, a little singular, that if the .Expedition was so very contemptible, it should have had the' effeCt 'of irritating BUONA PARTE to •stult;'a, deogree as to make him write the angry, paragraph to which we , are alluding. The'Moniteur asserts, that MASSE NTA is aboUt to uwdertake the siege of Al- . We stated yesterday that the Argus, an Rig lish Newspaper which has been published in Paris i for several years, has been discontinued. We Have extraled its expiring Manifesto-against this country, and when BuoNAPArmn , will permit articles written in Englandnpon i the state 'ol Fronce to be published .in .France . ,, 'we shall be inclined to give sortie credit to the assertions which he• makes iesPeelini , the happy and contented situation of'his snbjeas; 'One of the Obje is of this article is to prove, .that the ,Finances -cif England are in a \ desperwe state, while those of France are in: the most flourishing condi tion. 'lt asserts that the Sinking Fund bas not been produaive of any benefit, as a proof of which we are gravely told that the. National Debt is greater than it was when the Sinking Fund was first esta. hlished; thai is to say, that the Sinking Fund has not been equal, to the expenditure of sixteen years of the most extended and expensive war that this country' was ever engaged in ! The Argus ,or rather BuoNn- PARTE, has forgot to slate the immense sum that has been redeemed by the Sinking Fund, and that, by the means of that wise measure, the Financial Cre dit of this country has remained unimpaired during the most eventful and trying period that . this coun- try ever experienced. - The Trade of Great Britan is the next obje4 of the Writer's attack; and upon this subjed his rage has involved him in the most glaring and ridiculous Inconsistencies. At one, moment he admits that England has almOst monopolized the trade of the world,, and can only console his Readers by pre dicting disputes between England-and lier Colonies, ;and by asserting that Constantinople is to be wrested, from the Turks, and to be made the emporium of 'the Trade between Europe and the East ; and at another he as positively maintains that the fair com merce of England is quite annihilated, and that she . Only maintains berslf by a little smuggling But that part of the article which we presume is intended to excite the greatest consternation in this country is the threat of invasion from Boulogne.—.. We are told that we cannot always maintain our naval superioritY, and that if we are once defeated— what is . to be'the consequence I—Why 60,000 men from Boulogne are to make us tremble to all eter nity ! I li—Cowardice is not, we believe, in general the chargieridtic of the people of Great Britain and Ireland, but if, after the battles of Alexandria, of Maida, of Vimeira, of . Corunna, and of Talavera, - we should tremble at 00,000 men from Boulogne, we really must , have such a propensity to quaking, _ that it would not be at all surpri,ing if the fit.was, as BtjONAPARTE says, to last to all eternity. , • Private, letters from Buenos Ayres speak of some unpleasant occurrences having taken place' at LiMa, With which we were before unacquainted. All the particulars we are as yet in possession of are con tained in the following. letterfrom Buenos .Ayres, dated 2d May last :,-, The news from Lima by last post, of the ex ecutipu of the principals in the late intended in surreclion Quito,,basexasperated the Creolet to a violent degree. Arm n; the number executed (in all- 39) are. four I.l.4arquisca . and Counts, eight Clergymen, and fourteen Lawyers, and the President, the Marquis Of, Stqva Alegre, a man of great note, mentioned byliambolt. l'am afraid they will dear, ly pay fur This ill-timed. severity the moment the, hourly-expected. news of the de.ttuttion of the Spa nisla cause in Europe is known." • We learn that during the last month no troops had passed throtigh .E - rance in the direilion of Spain.— The general opinion at Park was that the war in thatcOuntry would be much protraated. - New or ders hal been - given - for the speedy equipment of the fleets in the Scheldt and the Texel. Yesterday her. Grace the Duchess of IhCtTMOND, attended by a largo retinue of servants, lett town for Irethnd. • • On the . 27th ult. Mr. M c Donald, of the Greyhound Inn, Malmsbury, - perished in one of his casks, be ing: suffocated by the impure air; he his left a widow and five children. The cask was only ti feet . inches in depth,.' "and the -deceased= was 5 feet : inches high. A pail of water thrown into a lull cask previous to entering it would effectually pre dude any ill effeas. - Permission has been obtained i tp hold the trials, at the ensuing Assizes; for the county of,Nortitutn berland, in Saint Nicholas's Church, in Newcastle; and the preparations for the courts are already in a state of tOrwardness. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, AUG. B.—His Majesty's ship Ar• mada, 'of 74 guns, was commissioned this day. Went up ;he harbour to be repaired hii Majesty's ship President, ,of 38 guns. Came down the harbow and anchored in the Sound his Majesty's ship Fortanee. Sailed, his Majesty's ship _Pheasant and Peacoek on separate cruizes. SHEERNESS, AUG., g.,— Cameinto the. Link Nore his Majesty's brigs G/uckstpdt and Richmond.. .Passed by a large fleet fbr the'River. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. g.—No arrivals or sailings this day. as Majesty's ship Ant . appointed convoy to Guernsey and Jersey, and will sail immediately . . Caine into harbour this day his Majesty's ship ithitine from Spithead. The Mediterranean and Quebec convoys stilt re main here bound. CORK, Auo. 3.—Ott Tuesday last arrived in Cove -his Majesty's sloop Ephira, Captain PE YTON, with the undermentioned transports from Li,bon, having on' board a number of Merino , Elenor, P. X. ; ; John and "I: , lumnas, Y. ; uno, B. P. ; Atlas, T. ;' Henry, 1. Y.; Nautilus, U. P. ; Honuur, V. ; and 13oreas, V. Y. Iterintin 7 jalouse, Crane, Ila wk, and Ephira sloops; Vi. rago gun-brig, and Ceciiia under. . The ' Alert , ADANS, from Portland for Milford, put into Mount Pier on Stinday last, having struck on a sunken rock off the Lizard ; whit") rock, Cap tain ADAM'S says,is not laid down in any chart. It bears S. by E. of the Stags. • DEAL', 'Atic. 9.—Arrived his Majesty's i ships St. Domingo and . .Elizabeth from the Westward ; and the Clyde frigate from off Flushing. Came down from rho River hiS. Majesty's ship Brunswick, and remains with the outward-bound. The Sari -Ann, Capt. HALLT, arrived at Bristol, on Wednesday, from Virginia ; she passed through the fleet from the Leeward Islands, 'consisting Of about 7fl sail, ou inst. about a day's Sail 'row Cape Clear. As the ring George cartel came out of Mor!ilk, she observed a French privateer going into Basque ,Roads with five English vessels Which she had cap tured ; they appeared to be coasters. A new ship of 80 guns to be called the Cam 6ridge,,is to be built at Deptford. , . The Anniversary of t h e ever memorable battle of Talavera was commemorated by, the 23d Light Dragoons (whose courage. and discipline formed so prominent a feature in the eventful scene of that day), on Saturday last, at the. Fountain Tavern, • at Conterhury. Tao dinner was excellent. The visitors, who by invitation honoured. the 23d by their attendance, .were. Lieutenant General ,and the Staff of the Kent Distriet, 'with Major General the Hon. C. Hopr,., and the Staff of the CaValry Brigade - . 11 , IZijUT Ge neral Payne, who commanded the Cavalry Brigade at Talavera, and Lieutenant Colonel Seymour, who commanded and led the 23d on those honourable days, with Lord Portarlington, its present Colonel, were prevented' by indisposition from a: tending. The first toast 'after the King, Queen, 'and Royal Family, was, " Sir David Pundas acid the Army,' followed by " Lord Wellington, and his' gallant army." General Nicholls then proposed,'" General Payne and the 23d Light Dragoons,".with the hope that the gallantry displayed by the regiment at Tala vera would be held in remembrance, and would be an incitement•to young men to ernbr:Joe the service in a corps, which in its maturity had so honourably dis tinguished itself. The other Officers were drank in 4w:cession. While libations to the laurels were tlos poured, those to the cypress were not unfitted. The memories of Generals M'Kenzie and Laugworth, and all the heroes who gloriously fell on the me morable 27th and 28th of July, 1809, was drank with enthusiasm. The memory of Lieutenant John King, and his Comrade, Lieutenant Power, was not forgotten. On this occasion an elegant gold box was Pro duced, intended to be presented by the co; ps to their late and much regretted Lieutenant- Colonel Sey mour, on which was inscribed—" From the Offi cers of the 23d Light Dragoons, in commemoration of the gallantry displayed by him on the 28th of JUly, when leading the regiment to aolfon on the. plains of Talavera de la Re ) ha."' At the same time an additional allowance of pay wits made - to the non-commissioned officers and ?ra vines of the regiment, in order that every one might participate in commemorating the iinnivers,iry of the day. , Recent accounts from the , coast state, that vigo. sous preparations are Makin g at Boulogne, and along the whole coast froth thence to Cherbourg. In the Dutch • pcirts also, prticularly on the Scheldt, the enemy are adively employed in equipping a strong squadron. A nuntber of vessels,' it is said, are con strue-ling on An entire new principle, for the convey ance and exercise of heavy artillery. The general opinion, founded on' these circumstances, is that Buonaparte is getting up the old farce of invasion, in order to divert our attention, and prevent our send ing reinforcements to Lord Wellington. 'T he Biter Bit.—A few days ago, a man fishing' for flounders in the river Urr, having caught some ones; took one of them carelessly into his mouth, for the purpose of killing it, when it made a sudden leap into his throat.' He was lying on the ground, and nearly suffocated, when found by ano ther person who happened to be near ; and it vtas only by pushing the flounder down his throat tl.at his lite could be bayed. • SE B A STIA N . O GRANDE. Lately died, in thesgtill year of his age; Se b3s ; tiano Grande, a native oT.lt:dy, well know to many of the Engli s h A rt i, ts who visited Rome about 3 years ago, and by whom he was at that period etli ploYed as a model for their prefessional vu d i r Attached - to his protectors by a naturally grateful position, he, with the fidelity of a spankl, their fortun es t o England, and there, etuploY` ) °, most various devices of honest ingenuity, all b ol.l ' l ' more-or less relation to the Fine. Arts, he maiobill ed for a series of years a fluctuating state of hood. After the symmetry of hi 4 forth became in l P 3i/ :, ed.by years, th e picturesque expression of lifs , tendered .hits still useful to his patrons, and tt l el frequently paid hi s service!, by painting hiS port r3 in di-ifetent c h a r a ct ers; wh i ch nittures lie after wards Wards sold to brokers, and other dealers in the eery of painting, at a low prict::." There ate I/ probably very f ew tn,-n; even of the Itiql:e,r stat ion or celebrity; o f whom soinnany. „portraits arc to found, London, as of Sebastian° Grande. - He discovered a valuable 'ground fur pklures: and turned his dis covery to some- profit; ull l i`' was advised t o l a y i t b e f ore the Society for the V I; couragement of At ts, who rewanjed hits %%titb it liberal pr e Miu m but as the rule s o f • th 6 Sock:( required - th e ,neces,ful candidate to..divalge secret, his yrearest source of mainfen'a ucc otcl s3 , once lost to bin). :I-1e then applied himself to P i ''' . ture cleaning, and riblained the conficftmce of sc % C; tat of tl)v Nobility; whi c h if•he:cnuld n6t repay , his knowledge, he ‘Vell nit.i - itt.-d by his.; zeal and pubus . Sotre few years ago, while be_ unfOrttina lel Y formed a parr in,the festivities of ..a Elettion, a scuffle ensued bet . ween his companTle and coo-patriot Nardi ; 'arid another party, in course of which 'Nardi stabb e d hi s an ragornir arm. .The .wounded nian A,vasonveyed to the llos; pital, langui s h e d and :died. Unhappy 'Grande, ‘ v3 , • carried to prisotra s par ta k er o f t h e cr i me ; and ti for his life. His. trail was distinguisilierA by 1 1 P-' teresting persPicuiiy of a :simple tale of i nt iocen c which he deliver e d a t the'B ar, a nd b y the eit'inet't , tribute paid t o hi s c ha ra a er ' i n t h e nu Merbai t tendance of his former patrons, chietiv now R bec" 11) 1 Members of the oyal Academy, w h o amp earnestly attested the long unoffending tenot'r of , his, life. He was liberated, and resumed lit• c''' ployments, which he continued very suct . es . fi o ' tilt a sudden seizure o f ill ne S s deprived bin'. of I ' powers of industry, and a rapid leVer buceetion'' l put, a period to his career. He' has left au bon° and industrious wife, and two children. Stet p.r,vi nominis umbra ! • On Wednesday morning, at eight o'clock, " di at his seat,. Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, derick Augustus Berkeley, Viscount Dursley. Earl Berkeley, of Berkeltiit Casile, Lord Lieuto r . ant and Cuslos Rota/or/int of GlouCestersnirc, . stable of the F orest o f D ean, C o l o rl o f t h e 5 0 . 1 ., Gloucester 'Militia, and High Ste Ward of the e i V, of Gloucester. His. Lordship was in h's . 6. 5 • 1 year ; he has left a an d a v e r y munerb,,s• tamily—seven s on ' s rind ti:rc-e d a l lL ,) i t e i- s; his LW° ., ship's eldest soil, ViscOunt Oorsley, M. P. for G l° : tester, succeeds to his ti:ies and estate;; • his I-0a ship was brother to the Alargravitte ui Anspac", n the'c aintess Dowager of •Grmard. We are much concerned to learn; by a letter (rot 'Edinburgh, that the Countess of Rossiya is " 11° `more most amiable an d muc h regretted Lady, has be e n f or ' some time in a d e clining stO t,„ 'of health, never•.having - reeoered her accoac i i; ment. The 'C ounte s s was e ld est daughter o', i Eron...Edward BOuverie; uncle to the present Earl Radnor. • SUDDEN DEATH.-110bert AM:let-tic", SbOCITIVI e i r . i ' a native.of Uiverstone, cline from au,isle to 1.0° 4 i erby, about five o ' c l oc k o n S atur d ay eve ni n g, 311 ' sent fOr his vice a nit4ive of Lockerby, to at' i • tni t i He married, her same last s'pring. They together at near. Enmities, till July, wile d he iatprudently went off toEngland with a %%ornan, a neighbour's wile, and left his own. 3 ' 6 ' highly enraged at his former Pontine', said to him ; when she saw him, " How. have you, the assura il ' to _come wh e r e I am ?" H e rep li ed, " t h at he'lli come to die 'besid e h er , a n d t h at he wou ld die.eft ..... , r ; to-morrow morning, for his heart was broken. 10 ,When she spoke of the oilier woman to hialf said. he was w o und e d w i t h • remorse of consc ience ; ► and the recolle c ti o n o f h er.name we n t to bis like a knife. He told the Landlord to send for Itts wife ,a second time, for he should not he P.W t `, 2 speak any aft e r ni n e o ' c l oc k . —Whil st cast i n g °" 1- his clothe 4, he said, ," These shall never go, ' in again." The landlord ob,crved, " I hope you ",, r6 not going to tak e away your own lif e ." He re , plied, '' God forbid ! I haVe no such intention:'" About nine.o'cloek at 'night he took a fit, and Cc i : tinned, in it till nearly five next mornin4; when expired. He bad eat nothingfbr three dai.s, exc e ; the half of penny loaf, though he had .I r )' '., enough upon !inn. The surgeons said\ theysaW appearance of ► big having take tt poi son , dr any whatever to hasten hi death. A clerk in the employ or Messrs. BEDwet.l. 3uti YATES, gro.ers, .in St. John-street, Soutliviijr" absconded on Saturday Jas,, with upwards of 300 An Bank of England notes,' the property of his et i !' ployers. On Sattlrday evening a gentletban, who'hadj u ' t - come to . town from Egeter, pas s i ng th roug h Tower street, street, as accosted by thre e well-dressed men, %; 11 “ observed a bunch, of gold seals appending Irvin 11 ' 5 watch,, and who asked him what o'clock it '", s ' He took out his .watch to tell •them. Ti re y thanked him, and shortly afterwards he was met b 7 one of them, who struck him a blow on the moot" and knocked him down. Another canie up to render him assistance, and while he was employed in th ig friendly office, .his aecocriplics contrived to tarn the gentleman's pOcket inside out, and robbed hall of his watch, notes, and money. The sentiernon on recovering his test, pursued his ollictous . frien d, crying " stop thief," in hopes of securing- him but he got:clear oti, although he passed by a watchro.an in his retreat. 7 4 14 1 11, I,i ~~ ; ~~;> r;; ' te,„ ' 4 "~~~